We found a great post from the Small Business Server team on how to join a Windows 7 machine to a SBS 2008 domain. From that post:
This article details the known issues with using Windows 7 BETA as a member of an SBS 2008 domain. The steps in this article are for test purposes only. If you are using Windows 7 BETA you may encounter the following issues:
- Cannot join Windows 7 client to the domain using http:\\connect.
- IE 8.0 cannot open links on the SBS gadget.
- Cannot connect to Windows 7 client using RWW.
The only problem is that we migrated our SBS 2008 from a SBS 2003 install and in the process we’ve found that several GPOs are missing:
- Windows SBS Client - Windows Vista Policy
- Windows SBS Client - Windows XP Policy
- Windows SBS Client Policy
- Windows SBS User Policy
One of those GPOs “Windows SBS Client Policy” is mentioned in step 3 of the post mentioned above. Well I searched high and low for a way around steps 3-7 – trying to create the missing GPO, tried searching through all of the GP.XML files in \Windows\sysvol\domain\Policies\ to no avail. I spent about three hours trying to figure out how to complete these steps. Finally I just decided to “connect” the Windows 7 computer and viola it worked. *slaps forehead* I could have saved myself a few hours had I just tried it earlier!
In the end success and I’m happy the SBS team is blogging and posting solutions for Windows 7!
This is part two of Starting to Mountain Bike with my GF!
Saturday afternoon while eating breakfast and watching playoff Hockey (yes gentlemen IrishGirl is THE perfect woman!) I do the requisite pre-first-ride maintenance (reflectors--, water bottle cages++, GOOD lube on chain++, warning stickers--). We get dressed, fill up a couple water bottles and head to our local trail, Des Moines Creek Park. I’ll save a longer description of this trail system for another post but it IS the home of the Wednesday Night World Championships! The coolest thing is that DCP is about 10 minutes from our houses!
We get to the trail head and are ready to head out… I can tell IrishGirl has a few butterflies and I’m just trying to play it cool… truth be told I’m so excited (giddy?) to be there with her but I’m also a bit nervous – what if she hates it? Bottom line – and I think all my friends can attest to this - I am honestly just happy to be on a bike. The fact that she wants to be out there with me is SO amazing!
We ride for a little bit on a paved trail just to get the hang of things then we head into the woods and start the climb to the top of the system… at one point I had to tease her with “well after this last little climb we’ll be at the cemetery” but really she made it up with no problem! I’m very impressed -- for never having mountain biked before this girl has chops! Sure we stopped a couple times but remember YOUR first ride? While pedaling hard up a steep little climb/embankment hitting roots and exposed rock will STOP you if you’re not used to it! We take a quick break and look through the chain-link fence at the cemetery. I’ve always wanted to get in and look around (we both have a love of cemeteries) but I’ve never seen an opening in the fence. On this trip we decide that instead of exploring it was time for the down-hill! In the back of my head I’m hoping that, like the rest of us mountain biking freaks, that she’ll be addicted after flying top-speed down some nice single-track!
I guess you could say I was right! On the way down I hear all sorts of giggling, laughing and screaming (happy kind) from behind me! It was SO awesome to hear! I had a HUGE smile on my face the whole time. Once at the bottom she wanted to do more and more and more! I had SUCH a great time. We’ve been out three times so far (with more planned this weekend) and I can honestly say I can’t remember when I’ve enjoyed cycling so much! I think IrishGirl thinks I’m humoring her but I am not… mountain biking with her has been so much fun! =D Maybe we should start on this list of tricks??
Here is a link to the details of ride number 2!
EDIT: I forgot to mention IrishGirl’s first mountain biking accident! SO we ride a little over 5 miles, some of which is pretty gnarly single track – no it isn’t a hard-core downhill but there are a fair amount of roots, rocks and mud. Irish comes out TOTALLY unscathed! I was so proud of her! We get back to my truck, lean our bikes up and she is SO excited she jumps into my arms… in the process really clocking her knee cap directly against the edge of the door jamb of my truck! OUCH! Honey – your FIRST mountain biking injury!
So Marti (@irishgirl31) and I have been talking for a long time about buying her a bike. We finally got serious about it a few weeks ago and me, being the “expert” asked her a few questions and proudly determined that she needed a cruiser or hybrid bike. So we headed to a few LBSs to get a feel for sizing and pricing.
So we leave the LBS to go run a few other errands and while driving my AWESOME GF says something like… “you know I think I’d rather mountain bike.” About a million things went through my head – not a single one negative mind you – I was stunned. Mainly I got this image of her and I in the woods all wet and muddy… but I digress! So we talked about mountain biking and basically I summed up road and mountain biking like this:
Road Biking = “you will fall a lot less often but when you do it will hurt bad. Falling at 15 – 50 MPH and hitting pavement while wearing spandex and you are going to get hurt.”
Mountain Biking = “you will fall a lot more often. Roots will jump out and bite you. But more than likely you will be going 7 – 20 MPH and you will more often than not land in mud, grass or a bush (just hope its not a blackberry bush!). You may get scratched up but you’ll more often than not pop up and go on with the ride”
YES there are exceptions. YES you CAN get hurt mountain biking. I do know this… but we’re not going to be doing any extreme downhill (at least THIS summer!).
So we returned to the LBS with a new goal… to find a nice entry level mountain bike suitable of my @irishgirl31! She stood over and sat on a nice mid-level offering from Specialized. The size was 15” and it looked like it fit pretty well (I’m NO expert on sizing others. I know what I like but I don’t know how to help others.) but we wanted the entry level model – mostly because it came in an AWESOME color scheme, black and lavender!
So we ordered away and prayed to the Gods that it would come in before the weekend (this was a Tuesday night, I believe?). Finally on Friday afternoon after a few days of saying to each other “God I hope we get to mountain bike this weekend” I told her to just call the shop – they might be busy and forget to call her – she did and her bike was in! YES… so I picked her up after work and we headed up the shop. We walked in and they had The Specialized Myka HT all ready to go! This really is a GREAT little mountain bike… aluminum frame, V-Pull brakes, solid components and most importantly a super color-scheme!
I had promised to buy Irish some accessories when we picked up her bike so we shopped around a bit and finally threw the new bike in the back of my truck for the ride home – of course as we’re backing out of the parking spot I realize I left the manual hanging from the handlebars so I hop out grab them and hand them to Irish. SIDE NOTE: Shouldn’t bicycle manuals really be called “don’t sue us books?” I mean really they contain ZERO useful information. All they say can be summed up as “Don’t ever ride this bike. If you do ride this bike and you fall off or even if it breaks because of our negligence you can’t sue us.”
Back to the story. Well Irish kinda looks at me while holding her manual and says shyly “I wonder why this manual has a big 17" on it?” OH SHIT… they ordered the wrong size? There goes our weekend plans! DAMN! We pull over a few block away from the shop and I have her stand over the bike… well it looks okay, really but I’m NO expert! Hmmm… we decided to head back to the shop. Luckily when we arrive the owner of the shop is inside (I’ve purchased a few bikes from this location and know the employees fairly well.) and we tell him our dilemma. He is AWESOME… he comes outside and watches Irish on the 17” (Yeah that’s a hard job – watching a HOTTIE ride a bike around the parking lot!) he then brings out a 15” (same model, wrong price-point, same geometry) and we both agree that she actually looks better on the bigger bike! This is where the customer service of a LBS comes into play… he promises us that if she rides it for the weekend and she doesn’t like it that she can bring it back and he’ll order her the 15” size no problem! Wow… that is awesome! The peace of mind knowing that we were free to try this bike out and NOT ruin our weekend plans and still be able to change our minds was awesome! Stay Tuned for Part Two tomorrow… our first few rides!